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1 month ago | 
finextra.com | Erica Andersen |Neil Gentleman-Hobbs |SmartR AI
Thankfully, despite the Tech bros latest hype handle, 'Vibe coding'
isn't yet a widely recognized or standardized term in software development. It is a hip but informal or colloquial expression but a dangerous one that is a danger to our western coding resource. Lose the skills in any industry or country and you
lose the fundamentals and resilience to bounce or fight back
Chief chuckle brother VC Sam Altman's never fails to disappoint from a humor perspective, if not a financial one.
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1 month ago | 
finextra.com | Erica Andersen |Oliver King-Smith |SmartR AI
The notion that data is the lifeblood of artificial intelligence (AI) has been a prevailing theme in the industry. However, as AI continues to evolve and mature, it's becoming increasingly clear that knowledge – not data – will be the differentiator between
truly innovative systems and those that merely process information.
Data alone can provide insights into patterns and trends, but it lacks context, depth, and nuance.
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2 months ago | 
finextra.com | Erica Andersen |Neil Gentleman-Hobbs |SmartR AI
The new buzzword in the AI hype machine is Agentic AI and CTO's and data professionals are right to be cautious!
The shift in terminology from "Small Language Models (SLMs)" to "Agentic AI" does seem like a bit of a marketing makeover. While there are some genuine advancements behind it, it's important to see through the hype. Here's a cut to
the chase and breakdown of what's going on:
What are SLMs? These are essentially more compact, focused versions of Large Language Models (LLMs).
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2 months ago | 
finextra.com | Erica Andersen |Neil Gentleman-Hobbs |SmartR AI
With all the hype over agentic AI and the cartel's bigger is better for business thinking, the disruptive power of Small Language models continues to go under the radar.
Small Language Models (SLMs) are poised to revolutionize the way businesses interact with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
finextra.com | Erica Andersen |Neil Gentleman-Hobbs |SmartR AI
Compliance and AI regulations (like DORA, the EU AI Act and GDPR) are increasingly being seen as holding
Europe back in AI uptake and innovation. Without getting into a can of worms that has a counter-argument that these regulations can actually
benefit Europe in the long run, let us look at how new legislation can shape AI in the banking sector.
DORA stands for the Digital Operational Resilience Act.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
finextra.com | Erica Andersen |SmartR AI |Neil Gentlemann-Hobbs
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) brings with it tremendous potential benefits, but also potential risks. To ensure AI is developed and used responsibly, the concept of AI guardrails has emerged as a crucial framework. Private Small Language
Models (SLMs) would also appear to be very helpful in building AI guardra
What are AI guardrails?
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
finextra.com | Erica Andersen |Neil Gentleman-Hobbs |SmartR AI
As I am sure many of you are aware, there is a growing discussion around the plateauing of Large Language Models (LLMs), and how alternative approaches like Specialized Language Models (SLMs) could address these limitations. Given the huge amounts of venture
capital going into LLMs and chips at the tech cartel and, the internal investments at the big consultants and corporations, what’s left of actual free market capitalism needs to spend it’s money wisely.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
finextra.com | Erica Andersen |Neil Gentleman-Hobbs |SmartR AI
The rise of large language models (LLMs) and other AI systems has created an insatiable demand for data. While these models offer incredible potential, their hunger for data presents a significant challenge for enterprises striving to maintain data privacy.
We also need to see data privacy within the whole data is power context to guarantee a long-term rent seeking income. The control of our data and AI is finding itself in the hands of a small number of people within the big tech cartel.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
finextra.com | Neil Gentleman-Hobbs |SmartR AI
Despite the bigger is better AI hype, real techies, not tech bro's for show, are sticking to our instincts, because those LLM hallucinations are not going away are they? The pursuit of perfection is not going to come from a competition stifling Big Bucks
Big Tech cartel, but rather a collaboration of real people sharing ideas for good - which means being collaborative and genuinely innovative. Saving places, people, planet and purse strings.
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Oct 20, 2024 | 
finextra.com | Neil Gentleman-Hobbs |SmartR AI
We need to start taking data privacy and data broking seriously because it would cut energy consumption if only companies adopted private SLMs rather than the huge open source LLMs offered by the big tech organizations. This would keep energy bills down
for all of us long suffering consumers who are just about to see another big increase in our bills this winter. It's simple supply and demand on a planet of finite resources.
